Re:One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN...
by dragonwriter on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @11:04AM
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> Don't forget "solving world hunger" which means causing a human population boom
Solving world hunger means solving the distribution problems which allow hunger to exist, which means improving social safety nets around the world; stronger social safety nets are consistently associated with lower rates of natural population growth, so, no, solving world hunger doesn't mean causing a population boom, it means reducing global population growth.
It does mean a smaller share of the people who are born will live in misery and die young, but it also means fewer people will be born in the first place.
Solving world hunger means solving the distribution problems which allow hunger to exist, which means improving social safety nets around the world; stronger social safety nets are consistently associated with lower rates of natural population growth, so, no, solving world hunger doesn't mean causing a population boom, it means reducing global population growth.
It does mean a smaller share of the people who are born will live in misery and die young, but it also means fewer people will be born in the first place.